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Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Reform Dominates Panel’s Agenda

November 16, 2009

The Senate started playing catch-up with the House last week when Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) unveiled his version of a bill that would rewrite the country’s financial rules to avoid a repeat of last year’s economic meltdown.

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Financial Lobbyists Man the Battle Stations

November 16, 2009

As the House Financial Services Committee finishes its long slog through financial regulatory reform, all eyes are on Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

November 16, 2009

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy.

Silverman Makes Committee Click

November 16, 2009

Twenty years after leaving Capitol Hill, Ed Silverman, the top Democratic aide on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, returned this year to help enact the most comprehensive rewrite of financial regulatory laws in decades.

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Through the Ages

November 16, 2009

The following is a look back at the history of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

More From Committee Insider

Check out earlier editions of Committee Insider, which examines the key panels and the issues they face in the 111th Congress.


	Senate Environment and Public Works Oct. 13, 2009 As the climate change debate in Congress heats up, Roll Call takes a look at the action in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

	House Appropriations Committee Sept. 8, 2009 As the clock ticks on fiscal 2009, how Congress moves the appropriations ball across the goal line before the start of the new fiscal year is anybody’s guess.

	Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee July 6, 2009 With sweeping proposals to reform the nation’s troubled health care system expected to be the top order of Congressional business for many weeks to come, the Senate HELP Committee is ground zero for many of the debates.

	Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee June 1, 2009 Led by Chairman Jeff Bingaman and ranking member Lisa Murkowski, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has spent the last few months charting the future of the nation’s energy policy.

	House Armed Services Committee May 11, 2009 Chairman Ike Skelton leads his panel on a jam-packed agenda that includes Iraq, Afghanistan-Pakistan issues and the Pentagon's acquisition process.

	Senate Finance Committee April 6, 2009 April's edition focuses on the Senate Finance Committee's upcoming legislative priorities: health care, energy and tax reform.

	House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee March 2, 2009 Chairman James Oberstar's (D-Minn.) committee plans to address FAA and transportation reauthorization bills in the 111th Congress.

	House Energy and Commerce Committee Feb. 2, 2009 Chairman Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) committee could address one of the most aggressive agendas in the 111th Congress, one that includes global warming, energy policy and health care reform.